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Another refugee family maybe relocated to Lithuania shortly under the European Union's (EU) agreement, says Lithuania's Interior Vice-Minister Elvinas Jankevičius.

European Council President Donald Tusk has said economic migrants will not be welcome in Europe, making an appeal not to come and warning they will they will be turned away.

Российский концерн "Газпром", итальянская компания Edison SpA и греческая DEPA SA подписали меморандум о поставках природного газа из России. Об этом сообщают "Газпром" и DEPA SA вечером 24 февраля. Документ был подписан в Риме на встрече главы "Газпрома" Алексея Миллера с главными исполнительными д...

The European Union's response to Greece's requests for refugee relocation has been disappointing so far, Greek Ambassador to Lithuania Iraklis Asteriadis says.

Lithuanian border guards have already detained a range of illegal immigrants from Syria and Lebanon but the path into the EU through Lithuania is still relatively undiscovered according to Dainius Dautartas, a Major in the State Border Guard Service Major.

Refugee resettlement to Lithuania is taking more time than anticipated because Greece and Italy are too slow in processing refugees, Vice-Chancellor of the government Rimantas Vaitkus told Žinių radijas.

Lithuania and the European Union is likely to fail to implement the refugee resettlement plan, says Government Vice-Chancellor Rimantas Vaitkus.

The European Union might have to sacrifice the free movement of people for the sake of security, if it fails to control the flow of migrants, Lithuanian Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.

1997-aisiais dabar visame pasaulyje garsi reperio Ice-T žmona Coco Austin buvo beveik niekam nežinomas modelis. Prieš 19 metų blondinė dar neturėjo implantų krūtyse ir sėdmenyse. Pirmadienį realybės šou "Ice and Coco" žvaigždė su gerbėjais pasidalino pirmuoju savo viršeliu: jame šypsosi dvi gražuolė...

Strengthening of relations with the Eastern partners remains one of the most important objectives for 2016, Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius told LRT Radio.

Lithuanians should show their support for the EU not just in relation to EU investments in energy projects in Lithuania but also in helping other EU member states to solve the refugee crisis, says Vytenis Andriukaitis, the EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner.

On International Migrants Day (18 December), Statistics Lithuania announced that, over the last decade, 126,000 new residents immigrated into Lithuania while 438,500 emigrated. From 2005 to 2014, the percentage of emigrants of ages 20-39 grew from 51.9 to 59.2 percent. In 2014, as many as 82 percent...

The first group of Iraqi refugees relocated to Lithuania through an EU programme arrived in Vilnius on Tuesday afternoon.

In the last essay of this series, I presented the experience of historic and recent Russia‘s impact in Greece, now I will attempt to look at one of the new member states of the European Union – the Czech Republic.

In the previous articles of the series ‘Putin’s Russia: Kremlin’s Goals and Tools’, I analysed the theory and practice of Russia’s foreign policy and drew attention to the fact that Russia still uses the ammunition of USSR KGB – disinformation, influence agents, scandals (e.g., Edward Snowden's stor...

Danish economist Morten Hansen and Romas Lazutka, professor at Vilnius University, argue that Lithuania‘s economy has caught caught up with those of Greece and Portugal. The two scholars and Žilvinas Šilėnas, the president of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute, provide different explanations why.

Krepšininko karjerą baigęs Šarūnas Jasikevičius (39 m.) užmovė sužadėtuvių žiedą ant savo ilgametės mylimosios, dviejų jų vaikų motinos Annos Doukos (30 m.) piršto.

As Lithuania fails to find refugees wishing to move here from Italy and Greece, 70 Iraqi refugees could be resettled to Lithuania from Turkey.

In the latest article of this series (“Putin’s Russia. Kremlin’s Goal No. 1”) I analysed the theory and practice of Russian foreign policy trying to ground the thesis that Kremlin’s main goal is to undermine the EU and NATO, and bring the world back to the times of international power balance.

Lithuanian Deputy Minister of the Interior Elvinas Jankevičius says Italy and Greece must compile lists of refugees eligible for resettlement in Lithuania. After that, they can start arriving as soon as possible, he has said on Monday.